Padlock attachment.



PATENTED MAR. 3, 1908.

s. E. GLADDING. PADLOGK ATTACHMENT.

APPLICATION FILED 1330.24, 1907.

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PADLOCK ATTACHMENT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented March 3, 1908.

Application filed December 24" 1907 Serial No. 407.919-

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that L'SAMUEL E. GLADDING, a citizen of the United States,and residing at Jersey City, in the county of Hudson and State of NewJersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in PadlockAttachments, of which the following is a specification, such as willenable those skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and usethe same.

This invention relates to padlocks; and the object thereof is to providemeans for holding looks of this class in an inverted position so thatrain water will not run into the same when in use and thus rust anddestroy the lock.

The invention is fully'disclosed in the following specification, ofwhich the accom panying drawing forms a part, in which the separateparts of my improvements are designated by suitable reference charactersin each of the views, and in which Figure 1 is a front view of a part ofa door and a door frame, or a part of a gate and a gate post and showingmy improvement, part of the construction being in section, and Fig. 2 aside view of the device as shown in Fig. 1, and showing the parts in adifferent position.

In the drawing forming part of this specification, I have shown at a apart of a door, and at b a part of a door frame and connected with theframeis alatch plate 0, and connected with the door is a staple (Zadapted to pass through an aperture 0 in the latch plate 0. I

have also shown at e an ordinary padlock pro' vided with the usual yoke6 adapted to be passed through the staple d, andin the practice of myinvention as shown in the drawing I pivotally connect with the oppositesides of the casing of the padlock a yoke fwith which is connected achain 7 which is connected with a rod h which passes loosely into atubular casing i which is suspended at The rod it within the casing ialso passes through a spiral spring 10 which has a bearing at the upperend of said rod and another on the bottom of the casing 'i, and in theconstruction shown, the rod 71, is folded centrally to form end parallelmembers, the upper ends of which are formed into hooks k which provide abearing for the upper end of the spring 7:.

The length of the chain j, casing i, spring is, and the support at 7' ofthe casing 71, is such as to normally hold the padlock e in the positionshown in Fig. 1, or in an inverted position and in this position of thelock rain water cannot pass into the look as it would if the look wassuspended from the staple d in the usual manner, and the interior of thelock or the operative parts thereof protected from water and constantrust.

Whenever it is desired to unlock the door, the chain 9 is pulled down asshown in Fig. 2 and the key is inserted into the look at e in the usualmanner, and the lock may be operated to release the door, and when it isdesired to lock the door all that is necessary is to connect it with thestaple d in the usual manner and the spring k will throw the look intothe position shown in Fig. 1.

My invention is not limited to the exact details herein described, andvarious changes therein and modifications thereof, may be made, withinthe scope of the appended claims, without departing from the spirit ofmy invention or sacrificing its advantages.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

1. A padlock provided with a tensional support which holds it in aninverted position when in use.

ZQA padlock, a yoke pivotally connected with the opposite sides thereofand a tensional support connected with said yoke which normallyholds thepadlock in an inverted position when in use.

3. A padlock, a yoke pivoted to the opposite sides thereof, a flexiblechain device connected with said yoke, a casing suspended over thepadlock, a rod connected with said chain and passed through said casing,and a spring mounted in said casing between the loiger end thereof andthe upper end of said ro In testimony that I claim the foregoing as myinvention I have signed my name in presence of the subscribing witnessesthis 21st day of December 1907 SAMUEL E. GLADDING.

Witnesses:

JOHN F. MoOANN, MORRIS MEYERSON.

